Background
The future Empress Dowager Dong was from Hejian Commandery (roughly modern Baoding, Hebei). She was the wife of Liu Chang (劉萇), the hereditary Marquess of Jieduting—who had a small fief that consisted either one or at most a few villages, and therefore, despite her husband's nobility status, she was unlikely to have lived in luxury. She gave birth to his heir, Liu Hong (劉宏) in 156. It is not clear whether she had other children. By 168, Marquess Chang was no longer living, and Hong was Marquess of Jieduting.
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